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Today, the Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Department at University of California Berkeley welcomed students to the new year at the annual Fall Picnic. In total, approximately 200 students participated from each of IEOR's academic programs including undergraduate students studying Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Operations Research & Management Science as well as graduate students from the Master of Engineering and M.S. / Ph.D. programs.

Prof. Robert C. Leachman will be the keynote speaker at the Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing (MASM) Conference in Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 12-14, 2016. His presentation is entitled "The Engineering of Speed and Delivery." Prof. Leachman has authored over 50 scientific articles with focus in the semiconductor industry, and has worked extensively with semiconductor companies.

Berkeley Industrial Engineering & Operations Research will be a core major in a program launched by UC Berkeley to help educate future technology leaders and entrepreneurs. Undergraduates applying for admission for Fall 2017 can now apply to the Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology program, a dual-degree program in which graduates will earn B.S.

With the proliferation of mobile devices and rising awareness that proper diet and exercise can prevent disease and lead to better overall health outcomes, mobile health (or mHealth) applications have become an increasingly popular way to track every step, heartbeat, and calorie with the idea that awareness of activity and calorie intake can help individuals change their behavior.

The IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) has just announced its 2016 award winners and Kory Hedman (PhD IEOR '10) has won the Outstanding Young Engineer Award. He was honored by IEEE PES for his "contributions and leadership in the application of operations research and topology control to electric energy markets and power systems analysis." Dr. Hedman was also recognized at the IEEE PES annual general meeting which took place in Boston, MA from July 17-21.